The Art of Painting

Record price for Bacon painting

2007-02-10T02:06:00.000-08:00

A Francis Bacon portrait of a Catholic Church leader has been sold for $27.6m, a record for a work by the Dublin-born artist. The 1956 masterpiece, called The Study for Portrait II, was sold to an anonymous bidder on Thursday evening. The painting had been expected to fetch nearer $23m when it was offered for sale at Christie's in London. "It is the most important work from Bacon's Pope series to appear on the market," said Pilar Ordovas, the director of contemporary art at Christie's. "The Study for Portrait II established Bacon's position as one of the leading artistic figures of the 20th century." The previous record for a Bacon painting was set in 2006 when Version No 2 of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe sold for $15m at Sotheby's in New York.

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Museum gets new life

2007-02-08T02:05:00.000-08:00

LEE Langston-Harrison hadn't been director of the Museum of Culpeper History long when she noticed something about people who visited with children. Though the adults enjoyed the various displays and artifacts, ranging from Civil War gear to memorabilia of hometown baseball Hall of Famer Eppa Rixey, they seldom stayed longer than 10 or 15 minutes when they had youngsters in tow. "We got the idea of creating several children's corners, each with hands-on activities in something that related to the exhibits," said Langston-Harrison, who came to the museum in late fall from Montpelier, the Orange County home of James Madison. With children engaged in activities that included making their own dinosaurs, grinding Indian corn and dressing up in Colonial garb, the museum staff noticed parents were able to take in much more of the museum than ever before.

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Marketing paper a fine art

2007-02-06T02:05:00.000-08:00

A JAUNT in France sewed the seeds for artist Shellie Conway to design stylish stationery inspired by the beautiful paperie shops she discovered in Paris. Lantern Paper produces limited edition ranges of journals, pencils, note cards, tile magnets, tote bags and coin purses. Using cloth stitching, blind embossing, foil stamping, soft leathers, woven hemp and damask labels, each piece has a distinct look and feel. Ms Conway has been running Lantern Paper since 1989 and her wares are sold through 150 retailers, ranging from art gallery stores and book shops and, most recently, Officeworks. At Officeworks she has created a "store within a store" where an entire range of her stationery is displayed together. "It's a fantastic thing to be able to design a whole range. Too often ranges are split," she said. After studying fine arts at the Victorian College of the Arts, majoring in print making, Ms Conway began her journey to success after becoming an artist in residence at Cite des Artes in Paris for three months.

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Art unshackled from the word

2007-02-04T02:05:00.000-08:00

Question: I am having trouble with the Word Art tool in Microsoft Word that lets one create sophisticated lettering. When I create one of these elegant text-graphics designs, there is a problem moving them. They get attached to the text surrounding them, and when you move the Word Art, all of that text follows with it. I have been using word-processing and layout software functions for a dozen-plus years and have never once wanted an inserted graphic element tied to the text. This is more than annoying.- Judi Elliott A: Helping you solve this problem delights me, because it also lets me tell other readers about the sweet things one can do with this Word Art tool that Microsoft has so successfully hidden inside Word. With Word Art, anyone can create headlines and other special text that comes in zillions of colored fonts and can be made to swirl into a circle or wave like a flag or drop down the page instead of roll across.

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Learn painting methods of the masters

2007-02-02T02:07:00.000-08:00

GEARHART - Award-winning artist Lori Wallace-Lloyd leads a class in "Old Master Methods in Portraiture" at Trail's End Art Association in February and March. The class, appropriate for all skill levels, is a series of exercises designed to improve drawing skills through values, edges and accurate observation of head casts and live models. Beginning with monochromatic studies in charcoal or oil, students progress at their own pace. Wallace-Lloyd, represented by Shoalwater Cove Gallery in Ilwaco, Wash., and The Buttery in Cannon Beach, believes any artist can benefit from these exercises, whether drawing a tree, a flower or a face. "It's like sharpening your saw, tuning your car or playing scales on a piano," she said. "These academic methods encourage a more realistic portrayal of your subject and can help free up any stumbling blocks toward your painting.

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Danish painter Carl Henning Pedersen donates 40 works to museum

2007-01-31T02:05:00.000-08:00

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish painter Carl Henning Pedersen, a key member of the Cobra art group known for its spontaneous expressionism, has donated 40 of his works to Denmark's national gallery. The collection of artworks from the 1950s to the late 1980s includes two of Pedersen's masterpieces - "Out in the Wide World," from 1988, and "Red Firebird," from 1972. Pedersen is known for colourful fantasy paintings featuring horses and birds. His wife, Sidsel Ramson, formally handed over the works Tuesday to the Statens Museum for Kunst in downtown Copenhagen. The 93-year-old artist was not able to attend the ceremony because of health reasons. Gallery director Allis Helleland said she was proud to receive the works "by one of Denmark's most important, modern artists." The canvases are set to go on display at the museum in June.

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The Fine Art of Distortion

2007-01-29T02:05:00.000-08:00

James Esber developed a fascination for distorted imagery 20 years ago, shortly after he moved to New York to start his art career. As a newcomer to the city, Esber spent much of his time making drawings. During that transitional period, he ran across a book about anamorphic projection - the distortion of objects so that they appear normal only from a particular view or through the use of a special lens or mirror. The book inspired him to start making distorted renderings of images. This approach has been central to his art ever since. Iconic or emotionally charged images from the Internet and other sources serve as starting points for his drawings and paintings. Kitsch figurines, wrecked cars, posing bodybuilders, erotic couplings and the faces of well-known people are extremely distorted and elaborately embellished in his works, which have been shown at prominent art venues in New York and Europe since the mid-1990s.

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Teacher is proof that art can inspire

2007-01-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

"A couple of teachers somehow reached me," he said. "I admired them. They inspired me. I wanted to become like them." He did. He began to pay attention in his classes. When he took an art class at Stanton High School in the late '60s, he learned about photography and mixed-media art. Now they really had his attention. He found out about a visual arts program at Florida Junior College (as it was then called) and quickly earned an associate of arts degree. He was hooked by it all: print-making, painting, drawing, developing his own film in the magic of the darkroom. And the boy who almost quit school was now an enthusiastic student, soaking up knowledge with ease. .

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Antique Gold French Art Nouveau Pin

2007-01-23T02:09:00.000-08:00

This Is 18k Yellow Gold Art Nouveau ÒFrenchÓ Pin, Having 4 Pearls Of Fine White Color And Good Quality. The Swag, Bow And Jabot Motif Of This Pin Is Outstanding, The Center Wreath And The Foliate Motif Has Wonderful Assorted Textures. The French Mark Is On The Stem Of The Pin. You Will Find Two Loops On The Reverse Side So This Can Be Worn As A Pendant, Slip A Chain Through A ÒVoilaÓ Or Attach It To A Strand Of Pearls This Would Make An Outstanding Necklace. Measures 1 1/2 Inches Across 1 1/2 Inches Long.

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Council pushes ahead with painting sale plans

2007-01-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

Armidale Dumaresq Council is to press ahead with Supreme Court action to clear the way for the half sale of the painting Mossman's Bay. At the same time it is continuing to examine a proposal by the University of New England, which is offering to assume responsibility for the financially troubled New England Regional Art Museum which houses the painting. Mayor Peter Ducat says while council last night agreed not to defer the court action, it is still open to suggestions from the community to resolve the future of the museum and its iconic Hinton and Coventry art collections. "We've still the university proposal to examine, we've still got very concerned citizens, keen citizens, who want to look at other options," he said. "We're keen to look at those options and see if anyone can come forward with a viable option.

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Museum's new wing to get interactive

2007-01-21T02:06:00.000-08:00

The public will get a chance next month to see how the Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center plans to use its new space. The museum wants to give visitors a higher-tech, more interactive experience when it opens the new wing in the spring of 2008. The wing will be in the 80-year-old former Planters National Bank building being renovated across the street from the museum at the corner of William and Princess Anne streets. Area residents can get a sneak peek at the new exhibit plan at a meeting at the University of Mary Washington on Feb. 7. The plans developed by Quatrefoil, a Maryland-based consultant, include three videos that will run continuously, two interactive computer stations and multiple hands-on experiences to connect people with the city's history.

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First-Ever Auction Dedicated to African-American Fine Art at Swann ...

2007-01-19T02:06:00.000-08:00

The auction contains a veritable who's who of important African American artists, and includes some of the scarcest and most important examples of their work. For instance, it is very rare to find complete sets of Jacob Lawrence's prints. This sale offers his first and last major series, both based on paintings made by the artist early in his career: "The Legend of John Brown," portfolio with complete text, printed folders and 22 color screenprints, 1977, and The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, a collection of 15 color screenprints, 1986-97 (each series estimated $130,000 to $160,000). Also included is Lawrence's Eight Studies for the Book of Genesis, 1989-90 ($40,000 to $60,000). Noteworthy prints by other artists include several very scarce examples, such as Dox Thrash's Old Barns, aquatint, 1937-38 ($5,000 to $8,000); Charles White's poignant Awaiting His Return, lithograph, 1946 ($15,000 to $25,000); and Elizabeth Catlett's Negro Woman, lithograph, 1945 ($8,000 to $12,000).

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Taiwan art museum ready to reopen

2007-01-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- The world's leading Chinese art museum, a palatial compound in Taiwan, will reopen next month with more display space for imperial art and amenities aimed at luring an expected surge in visitors from long-time rival China. After almost two years of remodeling, the National Palace Museum in Taipei will open on February 8 its entire 24,000 square meters of exhibit halls that now include more snacking areas, a new lobby and a school, Director Lin Mun-lee told Reuters. The museum is known for its unique stash of 654,500 imperial-art treasures brought to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949 to keep them away from the Communists. Because more people look at old art more often if it's in a modern setting, the museum remodeled almost every hall, a spokeswoman said.

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Painting a picture of education

2007-01-15T02:06:00.000-08:00

FITCHBURG -- Kendra Engel's fifth-graders will soon venture into senior centers and nursing homes, seeking memories of the Great Depression. Students will interview senior citizens who lived through the Depression, then paint the seniors' portraits and write biographies based on their stories. Engel teaches at Fitchburg Arts Academy, which is tucked away on the fourth floor of the Academy Middle School building, on Academy Street. "Our focus is both learning about the arts, and learning through the arts," said Les Edinson, FAA's principal. The school has 140 fifth- through eighth-graders, 10 full-time teachers, a guidance counselor and a principal. FAA, formerly the Museum Partnership School, became a "pilot school" this past fall. That means the school's governing board -- comprised of teachers, parents and community members -- develops FAA's operating budget and decides how to run the school.

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Art museum announces new executive director

2007-01-13T02:05:00.000-08:00

Steven A. Nash will be the new executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, according to an announcement from the museum this evening. Nash, who most recently served as director of the new Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas since January 2001, will take the helm in April, after current Executive Director Janice Lyle retires. Dr. Nash will strengthen our position nationally and internationally as a leading arts institution, Harold J. Meyerman, Museum Board of Trustees president who also chaired the museum's search subcommittee, said in a news release from the museum released this evening. With his background at the most senior levels at leading art institutions in Buffalo, San Francisco and Dallas, his numerous publications, his lectures and the major exhibitions he has organized, he will be uniquely qualified to lead the Palm Springs Art Museum into the 21st century.

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Fine Art of Distinctions

2007-01-11T02:05:00.000-08:00

NEW YORK -- What is intellectual property? Who owns it -- and who deserves to get paid for it? Playgoers and music lovers don't often have occasion to ask such rarefied questions, but they've lately become important to the producers of a Broadway musical and the members of a British rock group. At first glance these two cases may appear unrelated -- but I wouldn't be surprised if they both become landmarks in the evolution of copyright law. Time was when the "authorship" of a work of art was usually (if not always) a clear-cut matter. Nobody wonders who wrote ... .

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There's no way to box in his art

2007-01-09T02:06:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American tradition, which genially welcomes the garrulous and self-advertising artist, also saves a few places of honour for distinguished loners who work in silence, see little of the world, look inward for meaning and go into history wrapped in the word "enigma." Witty, reclusive Emily Dickinson, writing volumes of brilliant poetry without leaving her room, fit that category 150 years ago, and so do two impressive figures of recent times, Thelonius Monk and J.D. Salinger. In that company we can also place Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), who spent 40 years making beautiful glass-fronted boxes that transformed borrowed images and objects into fresh realities. Cornell didn't enjoy exhibitions of his work (he thought curators chose the wrong pieces) and hated any mention of his personality (he was angry if someone referred to his intense shyness in print).

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Boy Hit by Train After Painting Grafitti

2007-01-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

NEW YORK - A 13-year-old boy had just finished painting graffiti near railroad tracks when he was struck and killed by a commuter train, authorities and friends said Saturday.A Long Island Rail Road train hit Ari Kraft between stations in Queens during the evening rush hour Friday, police said. The city's medical examiner said he died of "blunt impact injuries to the head, torso and extremities."The teen and three friends had been painting on the elevated tracks near a station, his friends said. As he crossed the tracks to head home, the train, carrying about 1,000 people, slammed into him. Train service was suspended for hours.Friends said he often created large murals with inscriptions like "Remember 9/11" _ under the tag name "Corporal." A service of the Associated Press(AP) E-MAIL THIS STORY PRINTABLE VERSION BRAILLE FILE This will download to your computer a computer braille ASCII file of the current story translated into grade 2 braille.

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Lunch counter in special museum exhibit

2007-01-05T02:06:00.000-08:00

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Woolworth‘s lunch counter that became a symbol of the nation‘s civil rights movement in 1960 is part of an exhibit of national icons at the Smithsonian‘s National Museum of American History. The collection is called "America‘s most singular sensations" in the current issue of Smithsonian magazine. The exhibit of 156 objects was selected from more than 3 million items. The counter came from the former store in downtown Greensboro where four students at North Carolina A&T State University staged a sit-in to integrate the whites-only restaurant. The sit-in movement soon spread across the nation. Although the lunch counter went on display in 1995 at the Museum of American History, it was put into the smaller exhibit when the history museum closed for renovations in September.

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Collecting predictions for ’07 FINE ART & ANTIQUES DR. LORI VERDERAME

2007-01-03T02:06:00.000-08:00

Collect those objects that are sure to be part of the next art or antiques revival. Trends are temporary, but objects that highlight history hold their value. Like history, art history repeats itself. Don't you wish you bought up all that mid-century modern, 1950s-1960s-era furniture that was so accessible and cheap in the 1990s? Today, those Eames chairs, Knoll tables and Sunburst clocks are going for sky-high prices to collectors celebrating 50 years since the mid-20th-century mark. Last year, I advised folks to avoid amassing a diverse assembly of unrelated works of art or antiques (also known as "eclectic collecting") and to collect a few specific types of items. Let's see how my 2006 predictions panned out. In January of 2006, I repeated my 2005 prediction about collecting Benjamin Franklin memorabilia.

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The year when art moved with the times

2007-01-01T02:06:00.000-08:00

Looking back over 2006, the most striking trend is not a movement in art, but a practical concern. There was, to put it simply, an awful lot to see. This was thanks, in part, to the constant appearance of new galleries. Mary Mary, outgrowing its origins as an artist-run concern operating in domestic spaces, became a fully-fledged commercial gallery. Ubu, though still based in the front room of a flat, brought Becky Beasley to the attention of Bloomberg New Contemporaries. And, even at the close of the year, new spaces continued to pop up. The latest is Washington Garcia, a gallery of no fixed abode devoted to showing work by young artists in unconventional spaces. It launched with a show by Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir in a south-side apartment. Aside from the volume of shows, 2006 was the year of moving images.

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Lane closures pending for Harbor Bridge painting job

2006-12-30T02:06:00.000-08:00

Starting Wednesday, drivers can expect various lane closures on the Harbor Bridge for at least two weeks while crews prepare to finish painting one of the city's landmarks, transportation officials said. The steel bridge, which has been in operation since 1959, must be painted, cleaned and repaired each year, said Frances Garza, a Texas Department of Transportation spokeswoman. .

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F-16 Makes Final Flight To Washington State Museum

2006-12-28T02:07:00.000-08:00

FARGO, N.D. -- One of three F-16 fighter jets that patrolled the skies over Washington, D.C., during the 2001 terrorist attacks is headed to a museum in Washington state. Lt. Col. Brad Derrig, who flew the alert mission over the nation's capital on Sept. 11, 2001, piloted the last flight aboard the retired aircraft Tuesday. He called the cross-country trip a historic moment for the 119th Fighter Wing, known as the Happy Hooligans. "It's a neat thing for the unit to have one of the airplanes for everybody to see rather than just wasting away in the desert in Arizona," Derrig said before taking off from Fargo for the McChord Air Force Base Museum near Tacoma, Wash. "It's time for us to move on." .

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The fine art of playing below the rim

2006-12-26T02:07:00.000-08:00

KOUTS | The lead was 14. The fat lady grabbed the mic. Many arms were shooting upward through the sleeves of their winter coats. Car keys jingled here and there. Car keys generally jingle when there's only 2:48 left in a game that's run away. A Hebron guard drove the lane, in the 70th annual South County tournament Friday night at Kouts. The Hawks trailed. Eric Spaulding, a 6-foot-2 junior forward for Morgan Twp., planted his feet and took the charge. Then, he jumped up and pumped his fist. Exactly one minute later, Spaulding again took a charge, but a slap foul was called first.This tournament, and the way the players compete, gives a new definition to a Spaulding Burger.Morgan won 48-37 and Spaulding scored a cool 13."It's tradition," said Spaulding, with blood sprinkled on his white shorts and top.

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SA's art heritage shame

2006-12-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

SOUTH Africa's art heritage is being lost to the country because the government budget for buying art has been slashed to the point where the entire annual allocation for purchases cannot cover the cost of any single major work. This week it was revealed that the Iziko National Gallery which houses the country's national collection has such a small acquisitions budget that it is not even trying to buy the works of great South African artists that are fetching record prices on the international market. The budget of just R140 000 is just more than half the R240 000 it was 20 years ago in 1986. Curator of paintings and sculpture, Hayden Proud, said this week the "paltry" budget meant that there was very little hope of building the gallery's collection of early black artists.

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China National Academy of Chinese Painting set up

2006-12-15T02:06:00.000-08:00

The academy grew out of the Institute of Chinese Painting, which was founded in 1981 with painting master Li Keran serving as the first president. The national academy will be mainly engaged in producing and studying Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal cutting, according to academy sources. Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng addressed at the opening ceremony to hail the establishment of the academy as a positive push for the prosperity and development of the country's fine arts. Editor:Lu Yuying .

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Freese to head circus museum

2006-12-13T02:06:00.000-08:00

Longtime state Rep. Stephen Freese, who lost his re-election bid to the 51st District Assembly seat in November, has been appointed executive director of the Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Freese, a Dodgeville Republican who served in the Assembly for 16 years, has been a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society's board of curators since 1993. The Circus World Museum Foundation Inc. appointed Freese to his new position. The private nonprofit foundation operates the museum under a lease-management agreement with the Wisconsin Historical Society. Freese, 46, has worked with the Sweeney Group as a fundraising consultant, concentrating on historical preservation projects throughout the Midwest, since 2005. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

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The fine art of restaurant etiquette

2006-12-11T02:08:00.000-08:00

I havent read anything about it, but I think given that the average person spends a fair amount of his week at restaurants, its time we heard more on the subject of restaurant etiquette. Each time I enter an eatery with someone whose restaurant etiquette is wanting I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck rise, along with my pressure. .

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Indian art corner opens at Australian gallery

2006-12-09T02:06:00.000-08:00

Sydney, Dec 9 (IANS) A new gallery devoted to Indian art has opened at Canberra's National Gallery (NGA) in Australia, and it holds the largest collection of Indian art outside India."We have been delighted with the responses to the new Indian gallery," said Robyn Maxwell, senior curator of the gallery. .

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Record price for Rubens painting 'a bargain'

2006-12-07T02:07:00.000-08:00

The National Museum's expert on Rubens has changed her mind: the painting sold in Uppsala yesterday was almost certainly the work of the Flemish master. "I have found it in the literature now," she said. The story of the Rubens painting in Uppsala is sure to become a classic in Swedish auction circles. .

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Chicago River Shines with Target for Museum Opening

2006-12-05T02:06:00.000-08:00

A recent campaign targeting attendees of a museum opening - as well as pedestrians who happened to be passing by - saw ads projected onto reflected off the surface of the Chicago River. The campaign - launched by Target for the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art - was the first from Massive Media's new River Projections program, writes Media Life. The program, an offshoot of Massive Media's Street Theater Projection program, offers projections of advertisements or sponsorship information against high-traffic areas such as riverfront boardwalks. Projections are done after dark and are most visible when projected onto murky water. Fountains can also be used if they are shallow. Creative should be bright and simple. Slides are generally shown for 15- or 30-second clips. The program is available in markets such as Chicago, New York, St.

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Proper care will preserve precious photos FINE ART & ANTIQUES DR. ...

2006-12-03T02:06:00.000-08:00

CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE of vacation snapshots, wedding photos and color Polaroids that capture the milestone or even the everyday events of our children's lives. These images are vital records of our lives. Like our most precious and valuable art and antiques in our homes, family photos require proper preservation. Have you ever thought about how best to protect your family photographs? Restoration and preservation are common in the vocabulary of most museum professionals. Yet, in the everyday world of collecting and protecting family heirlooms, we regular folks need to be concerned largely with the concept of preservation. Restoring a piece of our personal history requires the expertise of a professional and trained restorer. However, preserving our treasured family heirlooms is a task that requires our attention, and you can do much of the work yourself to maintain these irreplaceable objects.

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UK: Lobby successfully advocates for Jewish art

2006-12-01T02:06:00.000-08:00

LONDON- The Jewish lobby pressured the British parliament, resulting in a change to a bill supported by the British cabinet to make it easier for museums and galleries to borrow works of art from other countries. These cultural institutions claimed that their requests to borrow works of art from other countries were declined because these countries were worried the art pieces would be confiscated in Britain if it were discovered, say, that such works were stolen from the Jews by the Nazis during World War II. A government official confirmed in a telephone conversation with Ynet that the cabinet won't enter the bill into force without the said change. Lord Janner, a member of the House of Lords who advocated amending the bill, first gave news of the government's commitment in a discussion of the topic with Ynet.

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Painting the town red

2006-11-29T02:06:00.000-08:00

They're decked out in hats of scarlet, purple and pink. They are the latest installation of the Red Hat Society. Joan Daniels, of Scottdale, recently formed a chapter called the Pleasant Red Hat Ladies and is looking for new members. Although the group began to meet in July, members of the Scottdale-area Pleasant Red Hat Ladies officially will be chartered in January. Daniels invites women from the area to join. "We have a nice group that has started getting together," Daniels said. "My group is going to be different. We aren't going to go on the expensive trips and tours or do the costly functions that some women simply can't afford. We are going to be low key." .

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1st Botanical Museum of the Middle East to come up in the UAE

2006-11-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

Government of Sharjah, one of the emirates of the UAE, has given the contract to Dubai-based Planters Horticulture to do the landscaping of the first Botanical Museum in the Middle East to be built in the emirate. The museum will recreate the pre-historic rain forest presenting Cretaceous period. Jonathan Pardoe, General Manager of the Planters Horticulture, said, This type of project, with such specific and a highly unusual plant selection has never been undertaken in the Middle East before. In fact there are very few such live exhibits Botanical Museum s in the world as a whole. Haley Sharpe Design, leading design consultancy specializing in museums, is appointed as the design consultants of the museum. The Sharjah Botanical Museum will be next to the Natural History Museum in Sharjah.

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American and European Antiques, Folk Art, Early Lighting, Fine Art ...

2006-11-25T02:06:00.000-08:00

Location: Exit 20 off I-89, proceed south on Rte. 12A from the West Lebanon Plaza for 7 miles. From I-91, take the Ascutney-Windsor, Vt. exit 8, cross the Ct. River and take Rte. 12A north approximately 10 miles. We have selected choice items from prominent local estates including the Est. of Deborah Richardson, late of Woodstock, VT. Mrs. Richardson had an acute eye for country antiques, and had collected most of her life. Items from the MacLeay and Westgate Family's, early settlers of Plainfield, NH. along with others. Please note if you are traveling for the Holiday take advantage of our early private viewing by appointment. FURNITURE: 18th century Queen Anne 2- part cherry highboy with fan carvings; 19th century 2- part bonnet top highboy with strong tiger maple; good Chippendale maple N.H.

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ART Advanced Research investors approve reorganization at meeting

2006-11-23T02:06:00.000-08:00

MONTREAL (CP) - Medical device creator ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (TSX:ARA) says investors have approved plans to restructure the company. The decision was voted on Wednesday at a special meeting held in Montreal and received approval by 99.9 per cent of votes from all investors, the company said. The restructuring plan includes non-dilutive financing, recapitalization and reorganization. ART said it will submit an application to the Quebec Superior Court for approval by Nov. 24, and expects the transaction to be completed the following week. On Tuesday the company announced it would spend US$2.9 million to buy back all senior secured convertible debentures, and arranged a C$2.7 million credit line with the Royal Bank (TSX:RY).

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Sushmita Sen's painting auctioned for Rs 25 lakhs

2006-11-21T02:05:00.000-08:00

There's more to Sushmita Sen than just being an actor and an entrepreneur. There's a secret side to her which she has consciously hidden from the world. Sushmita is also a painter! Painting is her hobby and she sometimes gifts her works of art to her friends too. But now Sush says her artistic skills have been put to good use. She has auctioned one of her best paintings to raise money for Imran Khan's cancer hospital. Sushmita's painting titled 'Ibaadat' was auctioned for Rs 25 lakhs and the proceeds have gone to the hospital. "I paint, but for myself and sometimes for my friends. This is the first time that I put up my paintings for an auction to raise money for charity. I'm glad it's gone for a very noble cause," says Sush, who's just returned from Dubai where she had gone to do a telethon for Imran Khan's hospital.

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Toymaking program, museum exhibit takes viewers back to an earlier ...

2006-11-19T02:05:00.000-08:00

ARCADIA - About 40 children Saturday gathered at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum for an afternoon of vintage toymaking. "This is fun," said 9-year-old Evan Launchbaugh of Monrovia. "They have a lot of interesting stuff and it's a really great place to visit. I usually stay home on Saturdays." Children were shown by museum curator Alycia Wood, along with staff and volunteers, how to craft simple toys such as button spinners, leavings dolls and paper-bag puppets - most based on vintage playthings from the turn of the 20th century and earlier. Arcadia resident Valerie Simola, 63, brought her grandchildren, Evan and Kelly Launchbaugh, with the hopes of creating fond memories as well as creating a family bond. "I saw it in the city newsletter and put it on the calendar," said Simola, "I'm anxious to look at the rest of the museum, as well as the toy exhibit, but I want them to have some fun first." Tots gathered with their mothers around work tables crafting simple dolls from colorful leftover fabric or yarn.

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Fine Art Scene

2006-11-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

Fort Ward Museum, 4301 W. Braddock Road, exhibits "Off the Pages of Godeys: A Guide to the Domestic Sciences" through the end of 2006. Admission is free. Call 703-838-4848. Art in City Hall, a bi-annual juried exhibition, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and second Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon through March 23, at Alexandria's City Hall, 301 King St. Yuri Kokoyanin will have open studio shows at the Von Brahler Ltd. Gallery, 1437 Powhatan St., Nov. 18 and 19, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact Bob Murray at 703-798-8686. Jan Moffat will have art displayed at Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road. Art will be displayed through Dec. 26. Art Exhibit. On Nov. 18-19 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Empowered Women International and Exit Signature Realty sponsor "Art Out Loud," an exhibit featuring Alexandria artist Eric Nelson.

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Art camp sees the painting on the wall

2006-11-13T02:09:00.000-08:00

In studios up and down the camp's little streets, sweaty sculptors in overalls grappled with greasy lumps of iron while painters with splattered shirts peered at their canvases. In the gardens outside, artists and their families drank tea, smoked and chatted. It was a beautiful morning, and until the arrival of the van, it had been a productive one, too. The mood was shattered as eight uniformed officers from the urban management office climbed out of the vehicle and swiftly plastered posters on walls around the Beijing International Art Camp that warned it would be demolished the next month because it was an illegal structure. They may have been there only a few minutes, but the officers ensured little work would be done for the rest of the day. A month and a half later, only the tattered remnants of the notices remain, but an air of nervousness still pervades the Suojiacun village camp.

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Lindsay Wildlife Museum charging teens to volunteer

2006-11-11T02:07:00.000-08:00

WALNUT CREEK - Feeding animals, cleaning cages and teaching others about critters at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum is fun and educational for teens who volunteer at the nonprofit facility. It's also costly. To help offset budget deficits racked up in the last two years, the civic-minded youths must pay $450 a year for the privilege of helping out at the museum, on top of a $65 annual family membership. The 592 percent increase in "interpretive guide" fees from $65 annually is excessive and could burden families with modest incomes or more than one child in the program, some say. Loren Behr, the museum's new director, said the increase is necessary to keep the teen program afloat. Besides, families would pay similar amounts for other activities such as music lessons, said Behr, who admits the museum needs volunteers to operate.

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Art on the menu in Madrid

2006-11-09T02:07:00.000-08:00

One of the world's leading art festivals will take place next February in Madrid and will attract up to 200,000 visitors, if previous years are anything to go by.Those looking for a cultured holiday in could choose to flight to Madrid and take in the 26th annual International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid, known as Arco. Of special note in the forthcoming festival is the appearance of the guest country, South Korea, while tourists who fly to Madrid can look at the best modern art and emerging art the world has to offer.In total, there will be approximately 250 galleries from over 30 countries on show at the event, to be held at Feria de Madrid between Saturday February 17th to Monday the 19th.For those thinking further ahead, the guest country for 2008 is Brazil as Arco seeks to expand its profile into new markets like Asia and Latin America.

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A Creative Natural Christmas time with Animache painting kits

2006-11-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

Reminisce of Christmases past, before the era of high tech toys wrapped under the Christmas tree. Wrap up a gift that inspires creativity and a new world of play. Animache, by petit artisan, is an ideal gift to add that personal touch to gifts. This complete kit brings out the artist in everyone by providing the creative means; paint brush, two papier mache animals, and paint pots - no batteries required to bring these animals to life! Simply add in imagination and the result is a unique toy to enjoy. Released just in time for holiday shoppers, Animache is the latest range of petit artisan products that have been designed exclusively for the artist in everyone. As a London-based company, petit artisan is a collaboration of French, English and Philippine capabilities. Utilising papier mache products produced in villages in the Philippines adhering to community trade principles, French packaging and English entrepreneurism, petit artisan brings an eco-friendly product to market.

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SJ museum fire emanated from sound system

2006-11-05T02:05:00.000-08:00

HYDERABAD: Even as the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) posted at Salar Jung Museum began to distance itself from Thursday night's fire mishap in the auditorium, some employees of the museum put the blame on the "gross negligence" of the paramilitary force. Employees, who spoke with STOI on the condition of anonymity, on Saturday said a recently-bought sound system which was left on by the CISF personnel after they finished rehearsal for a cultural event at around 10.30 pm might have caused the fire at the museum. The museum had bought the sound system costing Rs 3.5 lakh about a week ago. When the securitymen finished practising for the week-long cultural programme in connection with the 121st birth anniversary of the museum founder Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung-III, they reportedly switched off the lights in the auditorium, but forgot to turn off the sound system.

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Salmon farming is a fine art in Norway

2006-11-03T02:07:00.000-08:00

BERGEN (NORWAY): The cold wind feels like a blunt knife scraping the face. And when Marine Express — a brown and white speedboat — moves into high gear, it only gets worse. But the officials of Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) taking us to a salmon farm near Austevoll group of islands look pleased. "It's the hottest October in these parts in a 100 years,"one of them says. And it doesn't worry him that it could be a sign of global warming. The speedboat drives past hundreds of picture postcard islands. We edge past old trading posts where liquor and fish were sold a century ago. The view for keeps. Breeding salmon is both pure science and fine art in these parts of fjord-filled Norway. At the farm, one sees salmon jump around in closed enclosures like playful dolphins.

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TMCA to open Persian painting biennial today

2006-10-30T02:06:00.000-08:00

LONDON, October 30 (IranMania) -The Sixth Biennial of Persian Painting opens at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art today evening, MNA reported. A total of 141 Persian paintings of Iranian artists have been chosen by selection board members Farah Osuli, Abbas Jamalpur, Majid Mehregan, Hushang Jazizadeh, Aidin Aghdashlu, Mohammad-Ali Rajabi, and Jalal Shabahangi for the showcase. The three winners will be announced on November 21, which is the last day of the event. .

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Phoenix Art Museum doubles fund-raising goal

2006-10-28T03:14:00.000-07:00

When the Phoenix Art Museum unveils its latest expansion next month, it will be a bigger and grander structure than envisioned five years ago, thanks to a successful fund-raising campaign. The museum announced Friday that the final figure for the capital campaign will be $50 million. It started with about $18.2 million in bond money approved by Phoenix voters in 2001. The initial goal was to raise another $12.5 million, but the museum so far has been able to raise about $30 million. .

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Wholesale lot 100 bicone 6MM 5301 Swarovski Crystal Beads 10 colors

2006-10-28T03:10:00.000-07:00

-Austrian Swarovski Crystal Beads -5301 BICONE 6mm Crystal Beads -What you will receive: +Quantity: 100 beads total. 10 beads of each color. +Size: 6mm. +Colors: Tanzanite, Crystal, Jet, Lt Azore, Hyacinth, Lt Colorado Topaz, Rose, Lime, Lt Sapphire, Lt Amethyst. (see color chart below for pictures) +Shape: Bicone.

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Looking back on a fiery time

2006-10-26T03:06:00.000-07:00

It's a good thing Patrick Chamusso was released "just" 10 years into what was supposed to be a 24-year prison sentence with no chance of parole. Otherwise, as the genial Mozambique native remarked during a recent visit to Toronto, "I'd only be getting out of jail on Dec. 6 this year." That would have meant no trip to the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival from his home in northeastern South Africa where he and his wife are foster parents to dozens of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. No chance, too, to experience the release of the movie based largely on his life story, or hang with new friends, actor Tim Robbins and director Phillip Noyce, or to watch a 32-year-old actor from New Jersey named Derek Luke generate Oscar buzz for his performance as the Patrick Chamusso of a quarter-century ago.

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Faculty art show

2006-10-24T03:06:00.000-07:00

What: The visual arts teachers from the nine high schools in the Glendale Union High School district are exhibiting their artwork at the Glendale Adult Center, 5970 W. Brown St. in Glendale, through Nov. 14. Background: Ninety-five works of art were created by the art, photography, and 3-D design teachers. The teachers will be at a reception open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily .

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Techniques offered are state-of-the-art, doctors say

2006-10-22T07:08:00.001-07:00

The Clearview Cancer Institute's highly trained doctors are dedicated to providing the most advanced radiation oncology services with the least side effects and best cure rates. "We use radiation like a medical oncologist might chemotherapy," says Dr. Noel Estopinal, radiation oncologist. "Then we evaluate the therapy and its response. It is one of the fundamental treatments of cancer, which shares similar biologic behaviors, with cells that grow and spread abnormally in areas of the body where they don't belong." Dr. Estopinal and Dr. Hoyt Childs III, Dr. Joseph Schneider and Dr. Elizabeth Falkenberg provide radiation oncology services at Clearview Cancer Institute. Collectively, the team offers 45 years of experience in this specialty. "These radiation technologies represent state-of-the-art in our specialty," Dr.

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Art contest: Drawings sought

2006-10-22T07:08:00.000-07:00

Central Indiana student-artists of all ages still have time to submit their best holiday drawing as the deadline for entries to the 2006 Bright House Networks Holiday Card contest has been extended to Oct. 30. A winner will be named for each of three categories Nov. 1. Categories include elementary (kindergarten through grade 5), middle school (grades 6 to 8) and high school (grades 9 to 12). .

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Beaverbrook art treasures were gifts, say witnesses

2006-10-22T07:07:00.001-07:00

FREDERICTON (CP) -- Colleagues and a relative of the late Lord Beaverbrook say the press baron intended to give, not lend, the great artworks that are housed in the New Brunswick art gallery that bears his name. Lawyers for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton called witnesses yesterday at an arbitration hearing that will rule on who actually owns roughly $100 million worth of paintings and sculptures that have been in the gallery since it opened in 1959. The Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation, an organization established by Beaverbrook to oversee his charitable works, is claiming that 133 of the most valuable artworks in the gallery are only on loan. A Beaverbrook grandson heads the foundation. But Beaverbrook's nephew, Allan Aitken on Montreal, told the hearing that the gallery was a labour of love for his uncle.

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Jewelry store sponsors art contest

2006-10-22T07:07:00.000-07:00

Robert Miller Fine Jewelry in Howell has a beautiful new look, thanks to some art students in Livingston County. The jewelry store, located at 4863 E. Grand River Ave., recently moved into a new location. Owner Robert Miller noticed that the open ceiling presented a noise problem, though, so he came up with a creative solution. .

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The politics of art

2006-10-22T07:06:00.002-07:00

Artists Nick Hollibaugh, left, and Ben Watkins are vacating their Valley Street studio in December to make way for the American Locomotive Works, a luxury townhouse and condominum development. Critics of Providence's arts policy say the city favors economic development over the needs of artists and small businesses. The Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman .

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Real Talk - Art and business

2006-10-22T07:06:00.001-07:00

The historic, or should I say prehistoric, notion that the arts and business are not related to one another has been disproved across the nation and right here in our own Napa Valley.Much as the character of an individual is composed of the divided parts that include a productive body and the creative soul, the character of the community is also defined by the combined elements of economic vitality and the nature of its creative soul.As former Napa mayor Ed Henderson put it, "The Napa Valley is not just streets and highways. It has to have a heart and soul." As we might once have needed to visit Ashland, Carmel or San Francisco in order to partake in the visual or performing arts, we now have enough opportunities within our own Napa County to meet our cultural needs.Locally we are blessed with art studios, galleries and performing groups such as the Napa Valley Symphony that not only bring opportunities of rich pleasure to local residents, but also provide a key element of cultural enrichment to visiting tourists.

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Group art effort a thing of beauty

2006-10-22T07:06:00.000-07:00

No, we're not talking about the Michigan's Adventure amusement park, in Muskegon. We're talking about an amazing piece of art. Through a special grant from the Grand Rapids Foundation, seventh- and eighth-grade students designed, developed and created a sculpture and mural installation featuring the four seasons of Michigan. Each side of the free-standing sculpture features fun things to do and see in Michigan. The school art project began with research. "The students wrote letters to the Michigan Tourism Association to request brochures about the state," Burton Middle School art teacher Joanne Perko said. "We used the pictures in the brochures to help us brainstorm what we might want to include on the sculpture." Once the students determined what they wanted to highlight, they handpainted dozens of 6-inch tiles and fired them.

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Society: Taking wing: modern add to Art Institute

2006-10-22T07:05:00.001-07:00

The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 and opened on its current site in 1893, built on rubble from the Great Chicago Fire. Its collection now contains more than 300,000 items spanning 5,000 years from cultures around the world. The museum is constructing its largest building ever, the 264,000-square-foot Modern Wing designed by acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. On Friday, the Women's Board will sponsor the cleverly titled Edifice Complex dinner, saluting the architect with performances by members of Redmoon Theater. John H. Bryan, retired chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. and noted fund-raiser, is chairman of the board of trustees. When did plans take off for this new wing? We began back in the last millennium, when Jim Wood was president.

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350+ Lots of Antiques and Fine Art from Local Estates at our ...

2006-10-22T07:05:00.000-07:00

Victorian Furniture: R.J. Horner Faux Bamboo Cheval Mirror; Mahogany Giant Paw Foot Pedestal Table w/ 5 Leaves (60"); Set of Six Carved Walnut High Style Dining Chairs; Set of Six Walnut Acan-thus Carved Chairs; Carved Mahogany Slant Top Desk (attrib. R.J. Horner); Several Walnut Hall Trees; Several Marbletop Center Tables; Davenport Desk, Marquetry inlaid Center Table, Carved Ma-hogany Hairy Paw Work Stand; Walnut Outside Stretcher Base Table; Small Parlor Safe; Ball & Claw Partners Desk; Walnut Cylinder Roll Desk; and much more. French Furniture: Mahogany Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour; 19th Mirror w/ carved Cherubs; Pr. Needle-point Upholstered Chairs; Carved Gilt Pedestal w/ Cherubs; Several Fancy Gilt Mirrors; Pr. Chippy White Marbletop Side Tables; Custom Marbletop Bombe Commode; Marble Top Stand; Marble Top Console Table; Chippy White Floral Swag Dresser; Iron Tassel Bench; and much more.

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Art calendar

2006-10-22T07:04:00.000-07:00

Monterey Museum of Art. The museum plans "A Farewell to Summer" celebration and wine tasting for its Third Thursday event, 5 to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) with appetizers prepared by Moveable Feast, wines by Blackstone Winery and the opening of "Through the Lens: Portraiture and Photography," with a special focus on Yousuf Karsh's portraits of celebrated individuals. "In Focus: Yousuf Karsh in Focus," includes Karsh's portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Weston, William Heick, Johan Hagemeyer, Ansel Adams and Alma Lavenson. Also opening is "Through the Lens: Photography and Portraiture," which includes images from the museum's permanent collection. Free. 5598 Pacific St., Monterey. Information: 372-5477, www.montereyart.org.

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'Town and Country' art by the Hornes

2006-10-22T05:30:00.000-07:00

"Town and Country," an exhibition of rural landscapes by Phyllis F. Horne and urban scenes by her daughter, Karen Horne, is on display through Nov. 11 at Horne Fine Art, 142 E. 800 South, Salt Lake City. The show, which recently closed at the Springville Museum of Art, includes more than 45 newly created paintings by the two artists and highlights their complementary subject matter and stylistic approaches. For more information, call 801-533-4200 or visit http://www.hornefine art.com. War and peace: Military-themed imagery from the U.S. Navy Art Collection and photographs of a Utah peace garden form an intriguing juxtaposition at the Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. "Unseen Shores" features paintings of uniformed officers, enlisted men, fighter jets and submarines; it will continue until Jan.

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